Some aspects of VLSI design using algorithmic state machines

At present a lot of attention in VLSI CAD is being paid to the higher levels of description — system and functional ones. That is explained by the difficulties in transition from these levels to lower ones, at first to the logic level of presentation. One of the most perspective directions in automation activity is the ASM approach, in which the behavior of the circuit under design is described using operation algorithms of its blocks. The advantages of this approach are considered in the paper and the example of the bubble sorting microprocessor design is presented.